SUPREME COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1919, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

WELLINGTON SESSIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Nov. 0. In the Supreme Court, Cecilia Hunter, charged with having forged the name of her sister to a soldier's allotment, was ordered to come up for sentence when, called, on her undertaking to remain in custody until the 13th instant, when she could Tejoin her husband, who had undertaken to look after her. Jack Tauwhanga, convicted of assault and robbery, was sentenced to twelve months' hard labor, followed by three years' reformative treatment. Walter Henry Newman, for theft, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, followed by three years' reformative treatment.

, Wellington, Last Night. At the Supreme Court Patrick Murphy, charged with committing ail indecent assault on a boy, was acquitted. Thomas Farrow, charged with committing bigamy, having been married in England in 1914 and in Wellington last year, was sentenced to two years' hard labor. At "the request of prisoner's counsel, who raised a point as to whether the Crown was bound to prove affirmatively that the first wife was alive when the second marriage took place, Judge Chapman agreed to stats the case for the Court of Appeal. , CHRISTCHURCH SESSIONS.. Christcliureh, Last Night. In the Supreme Court, Charles Robert Bignell, of Westport, was charged with supplying noxious things to Ellen Hale, with intent to procure a miscarriage. The ease was heard at the last sitting of the Supreme Court in Grevmouth and the jury failed to agree, and the Crown's application for a change of venue was granted. The jury, after four hours' retirement, returned with a yerdict oi guilty with a unanimous recommendation to' the utmost mercy. • His Honor: Your recommendation will receive my consideration. Sentence is postponed till to-morrow. DUNEDIN SESSIONS. Dunedin, Last Night. At the Supreme Court 'William Gerald Manning was convicted on a charge of falsifying the accounts as a servant of John Watson, Port Chalmers. The jury made a strong recommendation to mercy on account of the lax manner in which the employer allowed the business to be conducted. Manning subsequently pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving £lB 10s (3d in various sums and fraudentlv omitting to account for and pay these sums to Watson. The accused was remanded for sentence.